A Miami firefighter has been relieved of his duties as the firm investigates whether he was the author of an insensitive Instagram post about the shooting death of a Miami-Dade officer that outraged many officers and attracted an official complaint from the police union.
Thursday’s message, which also criticized police officers in general, circulated on social media as the South Florida police network mourned the loss of Cesar Echaverry, who shot him in the head in a shootout with an alleged armed robber Monday night. he had died on Wednesday night.
The Miami Fire Department showed it suspended a firefighter as investigators sought to find out if he had written the messages, if his own had been hacked or if his photo had been photographed on the ruler.
“At this time, we are conducting an investigation into the statements that have been made and the individual has been relieved of his duties pending the final results of the investigation,” Miami Fire Chief Joseph Zahlralban wrote in a prepared statement. “We need to be very transparent that we, as an organization, make percentage revisions or ideals that have been written and that reflect the values of our organization. “
The diatribe attached to the account of firefighter Kevin Newcombe, a nine-year veteran whose father is a retired fire captain. Newcomb’s Instagram and Facebook pages appear to have been deleted. Zahlralban did not call Newcomb, but many media outlets in the U. S. did not call Newcomb. The US and UK published the anti-police tirade with its call and image.
The message, which came just a day after Echaverry was removed from the life system, read in part:
“Who cares about the cop who probably died opposing gun control?They didn’t care. . . when the young people died in this school shooting, they were left outside,” the message reads in part. “The police exist for the government to exercise its monopoly. “about violence. They need the total global to prevent when one of their own breaks down.
He went on to say that the firefighter lost count of how many “idiots” he had to bring because they refused to wear masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic and ends with the editor saying “f. . . the police. “
The comments angered many officers, who shared them in the organization’s discussions and on social media. On Thursday, Tommy Reyes, president of the Miami Fraternal Police Order, issued a statement calling for the firefighter to be fired from his duties while the investigation was underway. .
“These comments are disgusting and lead me to worry about the protection of our affiliates, fearing that this firefighter is not assisting one of our affiliates as he should,” Reyes said. I must remind our affiliates that this person does not reflect the emotions of all our firefighter brothers and sisters. “
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